Jeremiah 42:11

Webster's Bible (1833)

Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; don't be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּֽירְא֗וּ מִפְּנֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם יְרֵאִ֖ים מִפָּנָ֑יו אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־אִתְּכֶ֣ם אָ֔נִי לְהוֹשִׁ֧יעַ אֶתְכֶ֛ם וּלְהַצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Do-not tîrəʾû from-before-meleḵ bāḇel whom-you are-yərēʾîm from-him, do-not tîrəʾû from-him nəʾum-YHWH, for-with-you ʾānî to-ləhôšîaʿ [direct object marker]-you and-to-ləhaṣṣîl [direct object marker]-you from-yādô.

Grammar Details

• *tîrəʾû*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural jussive - you shall fear
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular construct - king of
• *bāḇel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *yərēʾîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - fearing
• *nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾānî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
• *ləhôšîaʿ*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to save
• *ləhaṣṣîl*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to deliver
• *yādô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand

Word Meanings

• *tîrəʾû*: you shall fear/be afraid of/be in awe of
• *meleḵ*: king/sovereign/ruler
• *yərēʾîm*: fearing/afraid/in awe of
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *ləhôšîaʿ*: to save/deliver/help
• *ləhaṣṣîl*: to deliver/rescue/save
• *yādô*: his hand/power/control

Referenced Verses

• Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle on you.
• Isa 43:5 : 5 Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;
• 2 Chr 32:7-8 : 7 Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him: 8 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles. The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• Jer 1:19 : 19 They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.
• Jer 41:18 : 18 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.
• Jer 15:20 : 20 I will make you to this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahweh.
• Jer 27:12 : 12 I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
• Jer 27:17 : 17 Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?
• Ps 46:7 : 7 Yahweh of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 46:11 : 11 Yahweh of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Num 14:9 : 9 Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them.
• Deut 20:4 : 4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• Josh 1:5 : 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
• Josh 1:9 : 9 Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.
• Jer 1:8 : 8 Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you, says Yahweh.
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
• 2 Kgs 25:26 : 26 All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
• Isa 8:8-9 : 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel. 9 Make an uproar, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces! Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces! 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
• Acts 18:10 : 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."